Bureaucracy Quote by Henry Hazlitt

Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth.

— Scott Bessent

The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior job than…

— James Cook

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

— Martin Van Buren

Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.

— Joseph Stiglitz

Public borrowing is costly these days, true, but interest rates on municipal bonds are still considerably lower than those borne by corporate debt.

— Thomas Frank

Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans.

— R. H. Tawney

In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process…

— Michael Parenti

Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and…

— Ronald Reagan

When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.

— Glenn Reynolds

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.

— Cal Thomas

One of the things that the public sector banks need to do is to raise private capital from the market and not rely on…

— Urjit Patel

There's an argument that private debt, in some way, is creating indentured servants in our country. But public debt does not do that. In…

— Sam Seder